Merry Christmas from Adoption Choices of Colorado
May your season be blessed with holiday cheer and happiness to all birth mothers, families, and potential adoptive parents who celebrate Christmas. At Adoption Choices of Colorado, we wish you a very healthy and fulfilling Merry Christmas!
Adoption Choices of Colorado offers many resources for birth mothers who have an unplanned pregnancies. For more information and assistance on getting started this Christmas, go to our site.
If you need adoption help now, please call or text us at 303-670-4673 (HOPE) or visit us at Adoption Choices of Colorado.
What Adoption Choices of Colorado Offer Birth Mothers
Create an Adoption Plan: If you are a birth mother living in Colorado, we can help you create an adoption plan. When an unexpected pregnancy is on the rise and you are concerned for the child’s well-being, we want to make sure you have all the guidance tools you need to get started. When you contact us, we give you many options for what kind of adoption you think is best for you.
- Open Adoption: If you want to share personal information with the adoptive family and vice versa, it can be arranged through our agency. We can help you get close to the adoptive family and create a bond. You will be a part of your child’s life through scheduled visits, letters, emails, phone calls, and video calls.
- Closed Adoption: If you are uncomfortable with sharing personal information or wanting to see your child, then this option of adoption is for you. You may feel guilt or grief from this decision, or based on your personal situations, you cannot provide for a child for the foreseeable future, or maybe having a child wasn’t within your capabilities. Whatever your reason is, it’s valid and understandable.
- Semi-Open Adoption: If you want to check in on your child’s upbringing without interfering with their life, this adoption plan is for you. Through our agency, we can communicate between you and the adoptive parents. We can send letters and set up phone and video calls to communicate.
Choose Your Adoptive Family: Once your adoption plan is set in motion, it will be time to choose an adoptive family that you want your child to be a part of. This includes background checks locally, state, and federal. Once that is complete, their profiles will be available to you to view and make an assessment. After that, the decisions are yours to make. Whatever information you require to make your decision, whether it be a certain upbringing or even if the location is close or far away, we will provide assistance in getting the proper profiles that meet your needs.
Provide Financial Support: We understand you may be in financial trouble. No matter what situation you are in financially or medically, our Colorado adoption agency can provide housing, medical financial help, and other financial support that will benefit you in this adoption journey. The adoptive family you choose has a part in the financial help. They can provide financial support for medical appointments and checkups, transportation, maternity clothes, rent, and food. These are some of the options that are gladly presented to you. We know you need some help and maybe worried about asking for it. Remember that your decision is valid and that we are all here as a support system for you and your child.
Offers Birth Mother Counseling: Before you decided to choose us as the adoption agency, you may have been trying to process the entire experience. You may be feeling shocked, guilt, anger, sadness. All these emotions are normal and valid. We at Adoption Choices of Colorado want to take care of your mental health as well as your physical. We provide free counseling services for you to take part in. Whether it is group counseling or one on one counseling, we want you to be able to process your emotions while figuring out an adoptive family to choose. We want you to process your grief and the decisions you make. Having an ear can do wonders and help you during this crucial time. Even after the adoption is complete, we will be here for you.
We hope your Colorado Christmas is special and gives love to a family. We wish all birth mothers a very lovely Christmas, and know Adoption Choices of Colorado wishes you well on your adoption journey.
If you are facing an unplanned pregnancy and want to learn more about your adoption options, contact Adoption Choices of Colorado by email, phone, or text: Email Us, Text us: 720-371-1099, Call us: 303-670-4673 (HOPE). If you are hoping to adopt, please contact us here.
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Stephanie joined the Adoption Choices family in 2014 as the Child Placement Supervisor. Her love for adoption began in first grade when she made friends with twins adopted from Vietnam. Her heart grew strong over the years for adopted children and ultimately led her to graduate school where she continued her focus to her dream of working in the adoption field. Stephanie earned a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Denver in 2001. Over the past 15 years, Stephanie has worked as a pregnancy counselor and as an adoptive parent counselor for foster care, international adoption and domestic adoption, writing hundreds of home studies for families, and helping build their forever families. Stephanie is married and has three boys ages 12, 9, and 5. Together with her family she enjoys riding bike, playing games, watching her three sons compete in their various sporting and musical activities and go on vacations.
Christy Ikeler, is our Executive Director and Birth Parent Director. Christy has been with Adoption Choices Team for 18 years, since opening the doors in 2002! Christy has a true passion for what she does and her true love is working with and helping each birth parent. Whether she is up all night on the phone talking with them, taking them to doctors appointments, out for their favorite treat, providing counseling or at the hospital during labor and delivery, Christy is very involved every step of the way. She has a contagious laugh and a spunky personality that our birth moms all can bond with and relate to. As an adoptive parent herself, adoption holds a very special place in her heart and she can relate on every level with both birth parents and adoptive parents. In her free time Christy loves spending time with her daughter, gardening, baking and taking vacations with her family. Christy is an excellent leader for our team at Adoption Choices and is truly one of a kind!! As Executive Director, Christy spends time with the staff, birth parents and adoptive families in order to ensure that the agency is running smoothly. She has placed a huge emphasis on community outreach and programs for birth parents. Christy loves the opportunity to lead the agency into a brighter future.
Ms. Mackenzie has built a successful counseling career over the past 20 years, supporting mothers and families, people of all ages and genders, students, community professionals and fellow clinicians. Liv values a diverse professional focus, including the entrepreneurial life of a sole proprietor, the evaluative process of certifying foster/adoptive homes, the insightful and mindful one-on-one one work with enthusiastic clients, and serving as an advocate for underserved populations. Liv is a Licensed Professional Counselor and holds a BA in Pre-Law and Economics from American University, an MA in Counseling from Adams University and a certificate in Human Resource Management from Villanova University. Away from work you will find Liv spending time in nature, biking to the farmer’s market and adventuring with her family.
Catherine A. Madsen, joined the Adoption Choices family as legal counsel in 2013. Catherine is responsible for providing legal guidance to the Agency, training and updating staff on developments in adoption law and legislation, and program development. Catherine
Virginia Frank is an adoption attorney accredited since 1991 with the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. Ms. Frank is a leader in the field of private adoption and has completed over 4,000 adoptions in her career. Ms. Frank has a law degree from Oklahoma City University and a BA in both Political Science and Communications from the University of Oklahoma.
Cassidie has been with Adoption Choices since 2015, she has her bachelors in Interdisciplinary Affairs with concentrations in both Sociology and Business Management. Cassidie has additional training in Victim Advocacy, foster care and has been working in women’s services for over 10 years. Cassidie has always had a heart for adoption and it was her career dream to work in adoption. She started off doing volunteer work for advocacy programs, adoption organizations and worked in High Risk Maternal Fetal Medicine through the University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Colorado. Cassidie is also blessed to have personally experienced an adoption of her own in 2012, completing her family of five! Cassidie loves what she does as a case worker from initial phone calls, meetings, doctor appointments, interaction with the adoptive families to delivery and counseling. Cassidie has a passion for those in need and strives to help make a difference in the lives of the people she meets. She is a firm believer in being kind, compassionate and open minded in all situations. “Unless you’ve walked in their shoes, there’s no place for judgment. A kind word or compliment can go a long way!” The bittersweet moments in adoption reminds Cassidie each and every time, why she loves what she does!